Word: error
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Angeles Times survey showed the Republican ticket leading the Democratic ticket 44 percent to 41 percent. But when Bush and Dukakis were pitted against against each other without their respective running mates, Bush led 48-39. A 5 point margin of error closed the difference in both cases...
Chrysler, which blames the mix-up on human error, agreed last week to pay affected customers up to $2 million for the twice-squeezed lemons. Depending on how long ago the cars were bought, the owners can choose between a full refund or a twelve-month service contract, reimbursement for all previous repair work and a payment...
...first hit wasn't much to brag about. Luis Polonia opened the fourth with a dribbler to the right side of the mound that Clemens fielded cleanly but then threw wide of first baseman Todd Benzinger. Polonia was credited with a single and was given second on Clemens' error...
...poll, conducted Saturday through Monday, had a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points...
Tuchman's view of history is gravely classical. She is a tragedian who mounts the past against the fixed backdrop of human nature. Reason and goodwill exist but are like the stars in the heavens: flashes of enlightenment separated by vast expanses of darkness. "Halfway 'between truth and endless error,' " she concludes, "the mold of the species is permanent...